Miranda July's Relentless Creativity

Published: Jan. 23, 2015, 10:40 p.m.

Filmmaker, writer and artist Miranda July has just published her first novel.

She\u2019s been well known in conceptual art circles for a long time, in part because of projects in the emerging discipline of social practice.

Her 2005 film "Me, You, and Everyone We Know" introduced a wide audience to the characters she had up her sleeve, lost souls and everyday seekers.

Now with \u201cThe First Bad Man," she\u2019s created an outstandingly awkward protagonist who\u2019s in a mad scramble toward love and connection.